Chapter 140

“Jason, what’s up with you?” Evadne looked puzzled and surprised.

She always thought highly of Jason, but there he was looking all beat up and lost, eyes bloodshot, lips pale as a sheet, like a puppy left homeless in a downpour.

“Jason, are you here because of Elspeth?”

Ca**ius came up to Evadne, his steps steady, his eyes soft, as he wiped his handsome hands with a pristine white silk cloth.

Evadne glanced at him and saw specks of blood on the cloth.

“I’m sorry. I’m really sorry!” Jason kept apologizing, bowing deeply to them.

Just as Evadne was puzzled, Arnold gave her a buzz.

“Arnold?”

“Sis, Elspeth just left my place.”

Arnold’s voice was heavy with resignation, seemingly self–blaming as he said, “My team and I have been gathering evidence on Elspeth’s abuse of power and bribery, but she’s way ahead of us, shifting all blame to Earl. Frederic got her a really slick lawyer, Cedric Dempsey. That guy is ruthless; he knows exactly how to exploit legal loopholes. My evidence fell short, so I had to let Elspeth go.”

“It’s alright, Arnold, you’ve done your best. And we hit our target, as long as we’ve got the Westguard project under our belt. Everything else, we can take it slow.”

Evadne was calm, but those around her were all fuming as they were itching to give Elspeth a good thrashing.

Elspeth was no saint, but Evadne knew that they could take their time dealing with that woman.

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At that point, Frederic was still head over heels for Elspeth, he would surely go all out to help her. Escalating the conflict between two big conglomerates for a single project, wasting resources, just wasn’t worth it at that time.

“Uh, Evadne, Jason already rang me up, he seemed quite upset. Comfort him a bit, this has nothing to do with him. He cares too much about your feelings, afraid that you’re upset, so he’s under a lot of stress,” Arnold sighed.

“I got it.”

Evadne got the full picture of what had happened, her gaze at

were red as he was ashamed and

found out today that his brother took on Elspeth’s case, he was so mad that he stormed into Cedric’s

people were circling us like hawks, wanted to get back at us, frame us! If it wasn’t for Chairman Emeric’s help, hiring our dad as a legal advisor for

his brother for over twenty years, but

has won so many cases for Chairman Emeric over the years, any debt of gratitude has been paid off! I’m a professional lawyer, to me, everyone is a client. If it’s a case I can handle, and the terms are right, I’ll take it, whether it’s the Abernathy group or the

stung

given Evadne his whole heart, but his family was pulling him

really couldn’t face Ms.

are you talking

his trembling shoulders, gently shaking him, “Don’t blame yourself, and don’t pick a fight with your family over this. Elspeth is an insignificant baddie; how could she possibly affect

voice choked, filled with

taking on Elspeth’s case, I totally understand

by social niceties. If the Abernathy group has offered Mr. Cedric a good enough deal, then Mr. Cedric has the right to stick to his professional ethics and take on the Abernathy group’s case. If the Ashbourne group needs legal help down the line, I believe Mr.

his head, nodding

in the car, Ca**ius took Evadne’s hand, gently stroking her palm and asking, “Evadne, what’s your

first, I need to make my

where the child is, so let’s have Una help us find our way. That way, we won’t have to do

what about Acacia? What’s your

her mad before

“Isn’t she about to get engaged to Thaddeus? How can we make her fall from grace if she isn’t standing on

his marbles,” Ca**ius

now. No matter, I’ve found

phone, found the photo of Avery and then she had snapped. “Here, check out this guy, do you recognize him? I was nearly stabbed by George the other day, but thanks to this gentleman, I only got a

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in surprise. “Really? Then you should

identity a mystery. The kicker is, he

curiosity piqued as she recalled the man’s

a woman, she had a man’s desire for control and

moved closer to her, examining the photo

he turned to look at Evadne

really don’t know

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